Dale Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 POLINA SEMIONOVA TO APPEAR AS GUEST ARTIST WITH AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE FOR 2011 SPRING SEASON AT METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE Polina Semionova, a principal dancer with Berlin State Opera Ballet, will debut as a Guest Artist with American Ballet Theatre for the 2011 Metropolitan Opera House season, it was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. With ABT, Semionova will perform Kitri in Don Quixote at the matinee on Saturday, May 21, opposite David Hallberg as Basilio, and the dual role of Odette/Odile in Swan Lake on Saturday evening, July 2, opposite Hallberg as Prince Siegfried. Born in Moscow, Semionova studied at the Bolshoi Ballet School before joining the Berlin State Opera Ballet as the company’s youngest principal dancer. Her repertoire with Berlin State Opera Ballet includes Odette-Odile in Swan Lake, Nikiya in La Bayadère, Marie in The Nutcracker, Princess Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty, Swanilda in Coppélia, Kitri in Don Quixote, the title roles in Giselle and Manon, Tatiana in John Cranko’s Onegin, Sieglinde and Brünhilde in Maurice Bejart’s Ring um den Ring, Juliet in John Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet and the title roles in Roland Petit’s Carmen and Sir Frederick Ashton’s Sylvia. She has performed principal roles in Jerome Robbins’ Afternoon of a Faun, George Balanchine’s Ballet Imperial, Apollo (Terpsichore), Midsummer Night’s Dream, Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, and Diamonds pas de deux, William Forsythe’s The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude and Jirí Kylián’s Return to the Strange Land. She has also appeared in works by Mauro Bigonzetti, Renato Zanella, Uwe Scholz and Christian Spuck. Semionova created the title role in Vladimir Malakhov’s Cinderella and Creativity in Bigonzetti’s Caravaggio. She has appeared as a guest artist with English National Ballet, Tokyo Ballet, Teatro alla Scala, Vienna State Opera Ballet, Zurich Ballet, the Mariinsky Ballet and Bolshoi Ballet. Semionova’s awards include a gold medal at the Moscow International Ballet Competition (2001), First Prize at the Vaganova-Prix Ballet Competition in St. Petersburg, the Junior Prize at the Nagoya International Ballet Competition (2002), Daphne Prize (2004), German Critics Choice Award (2005) and the Dance Open Award (2010). Subscriptions for American Ballet Theatre’s 2011 Spring Season at the Metropolitan Opera House are on sale now now by phone 212-362-6000 or online at ABT’s website www.abt.org. Link to comment
California Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Has anyone seen her perform? I found lots of her in Swan Lake on YouTube, but nothing for Don Quixote. I was hoping for Osipova in that TBA Don Q and Cojocaru in the TBA Swan Lake, but she sounds like an interesting alternative. Link to comment
Ambonnay Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 http://www.facebook.com/pages/abtsm-/170738003877#!/notes/american-ballet-theatre/polina-semionova-to-appear-as-guest-artist-with-american-ballet-theatre-for-2011/10150116510635027 P Semionova to perform two ballets opposite Hallberg as part of the Met 2011 season. Link to comment
Natalia Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Semionova is wonderful in Swan Lake. One of the best - gorgeous, long undulating limbs, highly musical, soulful. On the other hand, I was surprised that such a statuesque and 'queenly' dancer would be cast as Kitri. She'll be a Kitri in the Bussell and Wiles mold. Link to comment
Drew Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Semionova is wonderful in Swan Lake. One of the best - gorgeous, long undulating limbs, highly musical, soulful. On the other hand, I was surprised that such a statuesque and 'queenly' dancer would be cast as Kitri. She'll be a Kitri in the Bussell and Wiles mold. In the Swan Lake I saw her give with the Mikhailovsky this past summer I found her a rather cool Odette and liked her rather charmingly sly (and very well danced) Odile better. I have liked cool Odette's in the past, but just was not terribly moved by the performance I saw. Certainly I would be happy to see more of her though and she is an interesting choice for ABT. Link to comment
Waelsung Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Best news I have heard this year. So far Link to comment
DanceActress Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Of course! As soon as I leave New York I will have to rely on BTers and Youtube to let me know what I'm missing! Link to comment
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